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Valencia Team Puts the Fun Back in Teaching Nutrition Fundamentals

In a classroom-turned-laboratory at Lawton Chiles Elementary School, a team of fifth-graders is carefully studying the nutrition label on a [...]


Renowned Ecologist and Explorer to Speak at Valencia’s East Campus

Ever heard of places with names like the Alabama Red Hills, the Okefenokee Swamp, The Everglades and the Great Dismal [...]


Building a Better Future: Construction Industry Veteran Earns Two Degrees

When the economy hit the skids in 2007, the small engineering firm where Brian Blackwell worked downsized — a lot. [...]


Valencia College to Offer Free Tax Preparation Help

Valencia College accounting students and professors will be offering free tax help to the public on Saturdays during February, March [...]


Orlando Magic Youth Fund, McCormick Foundation to Provide $50,000 in Scholarships

Take Stock in Children of Orange County received $50,000 to help disadvantaged and at-risk youth be successful in school and [...]


Valencia Celebrates Film Program with 20th Annual Film Festival

ORLANDO – Valencia College will celebrate more than two decades of filmmaking for two weekends in February, when it holds [...]


From Orlando to Silicon Valley: The Tale of One Graphic Design Graduate

Matt Ma is chasing the American dream. He’s living in Silicon Valley, working for one of the nation’s biggest companies, [...]


Gov. Scott Visits Valencia, Proposes Tax-Free Textbook Initiative

KISSIMMEE —  Gov. Rick Scott today announced a plan to eliminate sales taxes on textbook sales for college students, a [...]


Valencia Theater to Present Groundbreaking Play on Deaths of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis

Orlando, FL – The Valencia College Theater will host the world premiere of a new docudrama, “Division: The Trayvon/Jordan Project” [...]


One Graduate’s Story: How I Changed Majors and Found My Passion

James Bustraan was cruising through his classes, on his way to majoring in accounting, when a math professor stopped him [...]